"Of course!" Guan Guan immediately retorted, "Otherwise where did those two bottles of water come from?"
"Apart from that?" Lin Man felt something was wrong when he heard it.
As expected, Guan Guan fell silent. After a while, he hummed and said, "There are more than a dozen bottles like that."
Lin Man’s eyes went dark. How could he farm with such little water?
"What should we do now? Can you sense where there is spring water or groundwater?" Lin asked expectantly.
Guan Guan paused, wiped his mouth left and right on the ground, and said sullenly, "No." He was too weak now and had no perception of the outside world, otherwise he would have been able to sense where the soil was best and then directly instruct Lin Man to dig.
Lin Man had no choice but to think of a solution himself. He went over all the places he knew in his mind and suddenly thought of a place.
"I know there's a place where there might be water, but it's probably very little."
"Really? Let's go and take a look first." There was nothing else he could do. He had to wet a piece of land first, plant something there, and generate some spiritual energy.
The place Lin Man was talking about was the wild vegetable field. She had found a small puddle there. She dug very deep before some water came out. She used the lid of the kettle to scoop out water one by one for a long time before filling the kettle with turbid water.
She thought that if she dug deeper, she might be able to seep out more water.
Lin Man left the space, took all his things and hurried on. Suddenly, the manager in the space said, "Wait, can you put all your things in?"
Lin Man was stunned: "Is this possible?"
"Hmph, after signing the contract, you will not be restricted in entering and exiting the space. However, whether you enter and exit the space or put things in and take things out of the space, it consumes your own energy, so don't take things in and out frequently." It reminded her because it saw that she was walking too slowly with so many things.
"What does it mean to consume essence?"
"It just makes you feel dizzy, and if you consume too much, you might even pass out."
Lin Man understood, so the reason she felt dizzy and tired as soon as the contract was signed was probably because she had lost her energy.
But even so, she was still very happy. She immediately put the things in her hand into the space according to the instructions of the supervisor. After putting these things, Lin Man only felt a little dizzy, but recovered quickly.
Without anything in her hands, Lin Man felt relieved. She ran and walked for more than two hours and climbed over a small hill, and came to the wild vegetable field in the valley.
This valley is very hidden and requires passing through a narrow mountain wall, so even though I haven't been here for nine days, there are no traces of other people. The wild vegetables have grown a little again, and are even greener and more lush than last time.
Lin Man's heart skipped a beat as she watched from afar. She ran to the pit she had dug and saw that a pool of water had indeed gushed out from the bottom of the pit. It was an arm's depth, and the pit itself was only one meter deep. What did this mean? It meant that there was plenty of groundwater here.
Lin Man was overjoyed: "It wasn't this wet last time. Now we have water!"
She knelt on the ground, bent down, and scooped a handful of water from the puddle.
After sedimentation, the water was still relatively clear, but there were some dead bodies of small insects floating on it.
The supervisor immediately poured cold water on the situation: "It's too dirty, and there are dead insects in it. You can't put water like this into the space."
Lin Man said: "Then let's dig down and see."
Lin Man also gained experience from digging. The soil here was relatively moist. Although it was easy to dig up big rocks, it was still relatively easy overall. When Lin Man dug to a depth of two meters, the soil around him became very moist. After digging for a while, groundwater gurgled out.
"Guan Guan, is this water okay?"
"It's still too dirty." The little chick was still picky.
"This is just turbid. It will be fine after settling for a while."
The water that comes out is muddy, but after a period of sedimentation, it will become clear.
"But there are still a lot of floating objects in it, and it stinks!" The little chick imagined that the water should be as pure and clear as the snow water in the mountains. Although he knew it was impossible to get it here, the gap between the ideal and reality was too big!
It just has a strange smell, okay?
Lin Man was convinced by this fussy little chicken.
But who says it's the steward of space? We can only obey it.
"Okay, okay, I'll filter the water when the time comes. I tell you, I really can't find any other water source besides this one."
Guan Guan was silent for a moment, then asked in frustration, "How do I filter it?"
"I have a solution, but we need to store more water first." Lin Man then dug the puddle bigger.
She put the soil into the basket. When the basket was half full, she stood on the reserved footstool on a high place, lifted the basket, suddenly lowered her waist and raised her arms, threw the whole basket over her head and dropped it on the ground outside. Then she crawled out, poured out the soil, and took the basket down to continue digging. There was no other way, this was the only basket left that could be used.
This was really a strenuous job, but after Lin Man got that breath of spiritual energy, she felt like she was energized. By the time she dug a puddle with a diameter of two meters, it was almost dark.
She climbed out of the pit, now she had become a mud figure.
She didn't feel tired at all, so she found a lot of stones and laid a layer on the bottom of the puddle. She remembered that this was how it was done when digging a well, and the walls around it also had to be built with a layer of bricks. However, Lin Man didn't have that much skill, so the four walls had to be left alone for now.
The water level below gradually rose, but it was still yellow muddy water. Lin Man couldn't help but feel excited as he watched.
She has been sweating profusely day and night these days. Her body is sticky all over and smells smelly. Now she is covered with a layer of mud. It is really uncomfortable. She wants to take a shower!
But now is not the time.
Lin Man said, "Let's go back to the cave first. My mother must be waiting anxiously."
She quickly picked some wild vegetables and then rushed to the cave.
Another hour's journey.
It was already dark when they arrived at the cave. Fortunately, the moonlight was good tonight, and Lin Man's eyesight had greatly improved, so he could see quite clearly.
Mother Lin and the three members of the Wu family were indeed waiting anxiously. When they saw Lin Man come back safely, they all breathed a sigh of relief and looked very happy.
Lin Man gave the wild vegetables to Grandma Wu to prepare, and had a conversation with Mother Lin. He felt relieved when he learned that they had a peaceful day and that Grandma Wu really took good care of Mother Lin.
A large pot of wild vegetables was cooked, and some multi-grain cakes were thrown in. Lin Man also ate some, got some stones, branches, vines, etc. to block the entrance of the cave, and after a short rest, he returned to the wild vegetable field in the valley in the dark.
Mother Lin watched her back quickly disappear into the night and sighed secretly. Lin Man has been very busy these days. She saw it with her own eyes and felt pain in her heart. She only hoped that all her efforts would be rewarded.
When Lin Man returned, the water level in the puddle was already quite high. Lin Man lit a torch and shone it into the water. The upper surface of the water was not as turbid as before.
"Guan Guan, do you have a bucket or something to hold the water?"
"Well, there is one." In the space, the little chick ran to the small wooden house, and after a while found a white bucket half a person's height, and dragged it out with its mouth.
Lin Man entered the space and was very happy to see the bucket: "Is there anything to scoop water with? A basin or something will do."
The little chick thought about it and ran back into the cabin.
Lin Man looked at the mysterious little wooden house, wondering what was inside. Was the food also taken out from there?
Guan Guan brought out another big ladle.
Lin Man took these two items along with his sack out of the space.
The bucket was too big and she felt a little dizzy. It seemed that the amount of energy consumed each time was related to the size of the object.
Lin Man quickly found a dead tree with branches, cut it down, and stuck it not far from the puddle.
She searched the valley and finally found some fine sand, which she spread at the bottom of the sack, then a layer of small stones on top, and a layer of large stones on top.
She also built a fire, burning the wood until it was red hot. When it cooled down, she got a lot of rough charcoal, which she crushed and added to the sack, thus making a simple filter.
She hung the sack on a small tree and used a ladle to scoop water from the puddle and add it to the sack.
The still turbid water passes through large stones, then small stones, and finally fine sand, and the water that falls into the bucket is already relatively clean.
The most important thing is that after filtering through charcoal, the odor of the water is removed, and the suspended matter, toxic substances, etc. in the water are also adsorbed and filtered to a large extent.
"How is it? This is at least okay, right? If it doesn't work anymore, I can't do anything else." Lin Man asked Guan Guan.
Guan Guan snorted and said softly, "It's barely enough."
Lin Man smiled. When she was a child, there were often heavy rains in the summer. After a heavy rain, the well water, river water, mountain stream water, etc. would become very dirty. Water purifiers like alum were very rare, and most people could not get any.
Many people use that kind of water for eating and drinking. Mother Lin was worried that Lin Man would get an upset stomach, so no matter how tired she was, she would filter the water over and over again.
When Lin Man grew up, the task of filtering water was handed over to her.
This year, as survival became increasingly difficult, her family became less particular about water use. It was also because the water resources were too scarce and could not withstand such a hassle.
And now, this survival skill is coming in handy again.
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